Departments
221. Investigation and Monitoring of Cosmic Ray Fluxes
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Group Name Group Head |
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Investigation and Monitoring of Cosmic Ray Fluxes Prof. A. Chilingarian |
To study electron/photon and hadron components as well as spatial and angular characteristics of Extensive Air Showers, to measure energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays in energy range 1014 -1016 eV. | The research activity is carried out by means of MAKET facility located at Aragads high-altitude cosmic ray station. The facility was installed together with a scintillation hodoscope consisting of 96 detectors, 80 sq. m. of total area.This group also runs Solar Scintillation Monitor. |
222. Group for Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors
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Group Name Group Head |
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Group for Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors Dr. A. Akopova |
To develop high-speed and effective algorithms of classification of
multidimensional experimental data registered by particle detectors,
to create and implement the neural nets method in physical experiment practice,
to work out software for data solution and image handling problems in high energy physics,
to fulfill simulations of cosmic radiation propagation through atmosphere and experimental facilities,
to obtain physical conclusions and to compare data of simulations and experiments,
to develop a local net for CRD and
to provide access to Internet for experimental facilities at cosmic ray stations in order to accelerate
data exchange with CRD computers in Yerevan and those operated by collaborators abroad.
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223. Development of New Methods of Experimental Date Analysis in High Energy Physics
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Group Name Group Head |
Main Goals |
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Development of New Methods of Experimental Date Analysis in High Energy Physics
Dr. V. Ivanov |
To develop high-speed and effective algorithms of classification of
multidimensional experimental data registered by particle detectors,
to create and implement the neural nets method in physical experiment practice,
to work out software for data solution and image handling problems in high energy physics,
to fulfill simulations of cosmic radiation propagation through atmosphere and experimental facilities,
to obtain physical conclusions and to compare data of simulations and experiments,
to develop a local net for CRD and
to provide access to Internet for experimental facilities at cosmic ray stations in order to accelerate
data exchange with CRD computers in Yerevan and those operated by collaborators abroad.
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Group Name Group Head |
Main Goals | Facilities |
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Cosmophysical Research Dr. V. Babayan |
To study cosmic ray variations and nature of cosmic ray acceleration in interstellar
space.
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The experiments are carried out at Nor Amberd and Aragads high-altitude stations,
using neutron supermonitors.
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225. Aragats High Altitude Station
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Group Name Group Head |
Main Goals |
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The experiments are carried out at Nor Amberd and Aragads high-altitude stations,
using neutron supermonitors.
Dr. G. Asatryan |
Aragats station is located on the slope of Mt Aragats 3200m high above the sea level
and 70km far from Yerevan. It provides 24-hours operation of several particle detectors used for Galactic Cosmic
Ray research and solar activity monitoring. Aragats Station has two high-voltage electric power lines, an independent
reserve power supply based on three 37, 75 and 200 kW Diesel engines. It consists of 5 basic buildings with
experimental equipment, living and auxiliary premises.
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226. Nor Amberd Hign-altitude Station
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Group Name Group Head |
Main Goals |
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Nor Amberd Hign-altitude Station
A. Hovhannessyan |
Nor-Amberd station ensures flawless operation of the installations used for
cosmic ray variations study. The station is also used as an intervening point on the way to Aragats station
in winter. It has such infrastructures as auxiliary and storage premises garage, fuel and lubricant repositories,
cross-country vehicles and related spare parts.
The station is a comfortable site for conference and workshop organization.
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228. Primary Cosmic Radiation Study
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Group Name Group Head |
Main Goals | Facilities |
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Primary Cosmic Radiation Study Dr. R. Martirosov |
To determine energy spectrum and mass composition of primary cosmic radiation at
energy range 1014 1017 eV, to estimate diffuse fluxes of very high energy primary gamma-quanta,
to search for gamma-quanta local sources.
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The investigations are carried out on the basis of GAMMA installation which
consists of more than 100 ground-based scintillation detectors (each 1 sq. m) registering
electron-photon component of EAS and 150 sq. m. of underground scintillation detectors used ro register
EAS muon component with energies above 5GeV.
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Maintenance
Geym Rushanyan |
The group ensures flawless operation of CRD stations and
performs ongoing repairs of buildings and vehicles.
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